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Substance Use Disorders Counselor Certificate

Take your career to the next level by earning a Wisconsin Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) Counselor license. The UW Flexible Option SUDS Counselor Certificate offers a fully online option for fulfilling the required specialized educational hours. Register any time for six months of course access.
Upcoming Dates
  • July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025
    $2,250
    Self-paced

Personality Disorders: Comprehensive Review of Assessment and Management

In this 10-hour fully asynchronous course, learn a simple approach for distinguishing the 10 personality disorders: the notion that each disorder has a unique agenda that is repeated over and over again. This knowledge can help you recognize what is happening in the client's world. You also learn about attachment and attachment patterns.
Upcoming Dates
  • July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025
    $299
    Self-paced

Good Mental Health Podcast Series with Psychiatrist David Mays

This new 10-hour podcast series with instructor David Mays is designed to deepen your understanding of issues that can support mental well-being for both you and your clients/patients. Listen to seven interesting and informative podcasts anywhere, anytime. topics include music, sleep, aging, humor and more.
Upcoming Dates
  • July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025
    $229
    Self-paced

Etiology of Suicide and Provider Self Care

This 6-hour live webinar (offered over two days) with instructor Meghan Henderson targets social workers, therapists and other helping professionals. It discusses common etiology of suicidal behavior, as well as risk assessment, intervention, safety planning and prevention. We also review self-care.
Upcoming Dates
  • Feb. 4–5, 2025
    $169
    Live online

Advancing Motivational Interviewing

This 20-hour blended (online and live Zoom sessions) course with instructors Laura Saunders and Melody Cole is for learners who want to strengthen their existing MI skillset. Develop strong skills and outline an implementation plan. Not sure which course is right for you? Check out our MI info page.
Upcoming Dates
  • March 4, 2025–May 6, 2025
    Registration fee includes two practice sessions with a standardized client with instructor feedback and access to Canvas, an online learning management system. The course workbook is not included in the fee. Please see the summary on details on where the text can be purchased. $625.00
    Live online

Cultural Reverence: Dialogue vs. Debate

New: This 4-hour, interactive live webinar with instructors Adesola Oni and Shawn Smith builds on the Cultural Humility to Cultural Reverence course. Further explore frameworks for engaging in dialogue, avoiding debate and building skills for healthy discussions regarding culture, identity and more.
Upcoming Dates
  • March 6, 2025
    $129
    Live online

Building Motivational Interviewing Competency Certificate

This 38-hour blended (online and live Zoom sessions) course with instructors Laura Saunders and Adrienne Allen is for participants wanting to learn or relearn the knowledge and skills necessary to reach MI proficiency. Not sure which MI course is right for you? Check out our MI information page.
Upcoming Dates
  • March 11, 2025–May 13, 2025
    $1,299 The registration fee includes two practice sessions with a simulated client and instructor feedback and access to Canvas, an online learner management system. The course workbook is not included in the fee. Please see the summary for details on where the text can be purchased.
    Live online

Grief Support Specialist Certificate

This one-of-a-kind, 40-hour, online certificate with instructor Erica Srinivasan targets helping professionals, funeral home directors, clergy, peer educators and others. It provides knowledge and skills to create/enhance a professional specialty to support people who have suffered a major loss.
Upcoming Dates
  • March 12, 2025–May 2, 2025
    $1,249 through February 26; $1,449 after
    Group-paced
  • Oct. 15, 2025–Dec. 5, 2025
    $1,249 through September 29; $1,449 after
    Group-paced

Mindfulness for Clinicians: An 8-Week Intensive Course

This intensive, 20-hour blended course (8 weekly live webinars plus self-study) with instructor Mare Chapman is for clinicians who want to incorporate mindfulness into both their lives and practice. Learn to be more present in your work and develop confidence in applying mindfulness with clients.
Upcoming Dates
  • March 27, 2025–May 15, 2025
    $479 through March 14; $525 after
    Live online

Seriously Playful (Re)discovering the Power of Playfulness

This 3-hour webinar with instructor Casey Meehan prompts adopting a lighter approach during challenging times. Rediscover your innate playfulness, understand why it's important and learn how to incorporate a bit more of it into your life and work!
Upcoming Dates
  • May 7–21, 2025
    $95
    Live online

University of Wisconsin Certified Professional Coach

Do you seek to guide, inspire, and empower others to reach their potential and get real results? The UW Certified Professional Coach certificate program is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Level 2 program that prepares you to be an Associate Certified (ACC) or Professional Certified Coach (PCC), depending on number of client experience hours you have accrued.  
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Promoting Women's Leadership in Human Services

This seven-hour live webinar (offered over two 3-hour sessions plus self-study) with instructor Jodi Vandenberg-Daves is for women and allies in human services who want to learn how to develop allyship and gender-inclusive leadership, practice self-advocacy and advocate for gender-fair workplaces.
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Integrating an Ecotherapy and Climate-Conscious Approach into Your Mental Health Work

This new three-hour live webinar with instructor Thomas Doherty will help clinicians explore their own environmental identity, discover ways to adapt existing therapeutic orientation, and identify opportunities to apply these interventions in practice with diverse individuals and groups.
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.
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